Dragon Apps Make Debut in the Middle East, Providing Saudi Consumers
with a Faster and Easier Way to Send Text Messages and Emails, Update
Twitter and Facebook, Search for Web Content and More – Just by Speaking

March 28, 2012 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BURLINGTON, Mass. & RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its
Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search applications for the iPhone, iPod
touch and iPad are now available for free in Saudi Arabia in the Apple
App Store, supporting the Standard Arabic language. Already downloaded
by tens of millions worldwide, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search allow
people to quickly and easily dictate SMS text messages, emails, social
media updates, mobile Web searches and more, up to five times faster
than typing.

The launch of Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search in Saudi Arabia marks
the first deployment of Standard Arabic Dragon voice recognition for iOS
applications, and the debut of the Dragon Apps in the Middle East.
According to a recent Arab Advisors survey of mobile phone users in
Saudi Arabia, 47 percent of respondents who use applications prefer to
use them in the Arabic language, and that iPhones have a 40 percent
share of all smartphones operating systems in Saudi Arabia.

“We are very excited to bring the power of voice to Saudi Arabia via
Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search, marking our debut in the Middle East
as part of a response to global demand for voice interfaces and
applications,” said Anil Kumar, Regional Director, Nuance Middle East
and Balkans. “With availability in 29 countries, Dragon Dictation and
Dragon Search make it incredibly easy for mobile consumers all over the
world to bring their ideas to life by just speaking.”

Dragon Dictation is iOS-5 compatible and features a pop-up toolbar with
app icons that enable users to easily send their dictated text to email,
SMS, Facebook, Twitter, or the clipboard. Dragon Dictation also includes
a convenient Auto Save function that retains dictated text when the user
is interrupted by an incoming phone call.

Dragon Search is now also available on the Saudi Arabia App Store,
allowing users to simply speak any search query in Standard Arabic to
quickly and easily find information and answers on the mobile Web.
Dragon Search is the only app to feature Nuance’s unique and innovative
Dragon Search Carousel, which delivers faster, smarter search results
within seconds across multiple channels all at once including Google,
Yahoo!, Twitter, iTunes, Wikipedia and YouTube.

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of
voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the
world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user
experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with
devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of
businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications. For more
information, please visit www.nuance.com.

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